Singapore: - Where East meets West
September 17th 2006 This might turn out to be a bit of a history lesson but bear with me because I think it's interesting and kind of explains very well British colonisation in general in Asia and why Singapore is the way it is now (please don't yawn!). Using what I remember of parts 1 to 3 of the Discovery Channel's history of Singapore shown on the plane and a smattering of the Lonely Planet I shall begin...
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